'Much has changed since last you came to Angmar, my friend. In truth, even to my own eyes, it has changed since I returned.

'Not long ago, Crannog gave to me a Fém—a purpose—that led me into the east. I am ashamed to even think it, but I wish I had never left. After Carn Dûm was abandoned, I was to follow the remnants of the Iron Crown to the lands of Mount Gundabad. Many of the Trév Duvárdain travelled with them, despite the countless divisions that had grown between their tribesmen and the Iron Crown after the False King was deposed. The Iron Crown sought for something in the lands of Câr Bronach, but as their search grew more desperate, more and more of the Trév Duvárdain forsook the Iron Crown and fled into the hills.

'It was there I greeted them, neither as friend or foe, but as one who also sought to walk a new path. I gave shelter to them at Eiricháv, and for a time, it seemed that we might soon return to Angmar in friendship with nothing more to fear of the Iron Crown.

'Indeed, I heard that the High Priestess of the Iron Crown, a woman named Ásachal, had been slain in the heights of Tûr Fúar. Imagine my surprise, then, when I saw her lead her forces out of the gates of Agal Dûn some days after that!

'I tried to follow them as they crossed Bálach Iaran, but I was discovered. I managed to slay my attackers, but one of their crossbow bolts pierced my shin. It was only with the help of Aighrig that I was able to make it back to Eiricháv and tend to my wounds. Even so, I could not follow the Iron Crown until I could stand on my own again.

'By the time I got to Aughaire, it was too late. Crannog was nowhere to be found, and I learned from Nekhtan that another Clúcath had been called between the Trév Gállorg and the Trév Duvárdain.

'Alas, I cannot speak to what I did not witness. If you wish to know what happened, better you hear it from Nekhtan!'

Nekhtan can be found at Bail Avarc in Angmar.

Nekhtan has offered to tell you the tale of the rite of Clúcath between the Trév Gállorg and the Trév Duvárdain. You should talk to Nekhtan and hear his account.

Objectives

• Talk to Nekhtan and hear his tale of the rite of Clúcath

Nekhtan can be found at Bail Avarc in Angmar.

Nekhtan has told you to tale of the rite of Clúcath between the Trév Gállorg and the Trév Duvárdain. You should talk to Nekhtan.

Objectives

• Talk to Nekhtan

Nekhtan has offered to tell you what he knows of Crannog's fate after his defeat at Clúcath.

Objectives

• Hear what Nekhtan knows of Crannog's fate

Nekhtan can be found at Bail Avarc in Angmar.

Nekhtan has told you to tale of the fate that befell Crannog and the Trév Gállorg after the Iron Crown returned to Carn Dûm. You should talk to Nekhtan.

Objectives

• Talk to Nekhtan

Soltakh can be found at Bail Avarc in Angmar.

After informing you that Crannog was taken by the Iron Crown, Nekhtan has suggested that Soltakh might know of secret ways into the city of Carn Dûm. You should return to Soltakh.

Objectives

• Talk to Soltakh